@UNC_Basketball After losing to Stanford on Wednesday night, the Tar Heels will look to respond later today against California to avoid going 0-2 on this West Coast road trip. Carolina’s defense plagued them for a third straight game on Wednesday night, allowing Stanford to score 95 points, om 57% shooting from the field, 57% shooting from behind the arc on 16 makes, the second most makes against UNC in program history. In their last three games, UNC has given up 44 made thre

CBS 17 Despite leading for 38 minutes last night, the Tar Heels lost at Stanford, 95-90, to fall to 14-3 on the season, and 2-2 in the ACC, with both losses coming away from Chapel Hill. Carolina built a double-digit lead in both the first and the second half, but it didn’t matter, as sensational Ebuka Okorie had arguably his best game of his young college career, scoring 36 points and handing out 9 assists. Stanford shot 57% from the field, including 57% from behind the arc,

@greg3smith- Instagram Yesterday, the Tar Heels lost a promising piece to the transfer portal, but it appears that may no longer be the case. As first reported by Inside Carolina on Thursday morning, the Tar Heels are expected to retain defensive back Greg Smith after he entered the transfer portal yesterday. He still has three years of eligibility remaining at the college level. Smith, who transferred in from Florida last offseason, will return to Chapel Hill after a redshir

Lance King- Getty Images Over the weekend, the Tar Heels lost two impactful defensive players to the portal and on Wednesday the team lost another promising young player on that side of the ball. As first reported by Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports/Rivals, Tar Heel defensive back Greg Smith is entering the transfer portal. He will have three years of eligibility remaining wherever he lands. Smith, who transferred in from Florida last offseason, is leaving Chapel Hill after just o

ESPN For the first time since they joined the ACC, the Tar Heels have to travel to California to take on both Stanford and California, in a rare West Coast road trip during conference play, which is a result of conference expansion. Last year, Carolina hosted ACC newcomers, SMU, Stanford, and Cal, with return trips taking place this year, and will be completed by the end of the week. The last time we saw the Tar Heels, they held on to beat Wake Forest, 87-84, to improve to 14

Jaylynn Nash- Getty Images The Tar Heels have been doing some significant work in the transfer portal in the past week, as they have landed 10 commitments, including some at important positions of need. Even though they have addressed certain positions, there are still some areas that they need to add more to before this portal cycle closes. Here is a look at how we would use the seven scholarship spots that we believe remain for the Tar Heels. 1 Offensive Lineman The Tar Hee

Bob Donnan- Imagn Images In the midst of all the portal commits and portal entries, there was a big re-signing for the Tar Heels that took place as well on Sunday. As the football program announced earlier this afternoon, the Tar Heels have agreed to a new deal with defensive tackle Isaiah Johnson to keep him in Chapel Hill for this upcoming season. Like with the other players who have re-signed, the terms of the deal are not made public at this time. Johnson, who transferred

@donovan.klp- Instagram After a couple of days full of bad news along the defensive line, the Tar Heels have just landed a big commitment at edge rusher. As announced by the Tar Heel football program on Sunday afternoon, the team has picked up a commitment and signed Richmond transfer edge rusher Donovan Hoillette. He will have one year of eligibility remaining. Holiette, who measures in at 6’4, 245 lbs., is coming off of a five year stint with Richmond where he played in 40

Katherine Gawlik- Icon Sportswire Defensive tackle was the one spot on the Tar Heels’ roster that felt secure coming into the offseason, but after the last two days, that is no longer the case. After losing CJ Mims to the transfer portal on Saturday, the team got the news on Sunday that fellow defensive tackle D’Antre Robinson is leaving the team, as well, and heading to the transfer portal. He will have two years of eligibility remaining at the college level wherever he land

Ben Jackson- Getty Images/Justin Ford- Getty Images Entering Sunday, the Tar Heels had just two scholarship tight ends with any college playing experience on the roster, but that changed quickly. It started overnight in the wee hours of the morning when the team landed Ohio State transfer Jelani Thurman and continued later in the morning when Texas transfer Jordan Washington committed to the program. Thurman will have two years of eligibility remaining, while Washington has t

Gus Stark- LSU Athletics When the Tar Heels lost kicker Guytano Bartolomeo to the portal earlier this week, it became important that they brought in another kicker to compete with true freshman David Green. On Saturday, the team did just that in the form of an LSU transfer kicker that earned second team All-SEC and Freshman All-SEC honors in 2024. As announced by the football program on Saturday evening, the Tar Heels have signed Aeron Burrell to be a part of their kicker roo

Cory Knowlton- Getty Images The Tar Heels picked up their 500th win in Smith Center, but it was far from as easy as it should have been against Wake Forest. The Tar Heels got off to a fast start, racing out to a 14-4 lead early in the game, causing Wake to call timeout. Behind big halves from their two big men, the Tar Heels were able to control the first half despite allowing eight threes and turning the ball over eight times and led the game 49-38 at the half. After both te

John Byrum- Icon Sportswire The Tar Heels were in need of at least one more commitment along the offensive line and they have just picked up another commitment. As first reported by Pete Nakos of On3 Sports/Rivals, the Tar Heels have picked up a commitment from Clemson transfer IOL Rowan Byrne. He will have four years of eligibility remaining. Byrne, who measures in at 6’5, 295 lbs., transferred from Clemson after spending just one season with the program. This season, he saw

Lance King- Getty Images The one position that the Tar Heels felt most comfortable about coming into this offseason was the defensive tackle spot because of the four-man rotation that the team used there this season expected to return. On Saturday, though, the team lost one of those four to the portal. As first reported by Steve Wiltfong and Pete Nakos of On3 Sports/Rivals, Tar Heels defensive tackle CJ Mims has entered his name into the transfer portal according to his reps.

Rich Barnes- Imagn Images As we talked about last night, linebacker was still a position of need for the Tar Heels, but they addressed that on Saturday afternoon. As first reported by Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports/Rivals, the Tar Heels have landed a commitment from Syracuse LB Derek McDonald following his visit to campus back on Monday. He has one season of eligibility remaining. McDonald, who measures in at 6’4, 230 lbs., is coming off a successful five year stint with the Syr

UNCMBBStats After a week off, the Tar Heels return to action later today, as they host Wake Forest, looking to bounce back from the loss to SMU last Saturday, which dropped the team’s record to 13-2 overall, 1-1 in the ACC, and 17th in the AP Poll. The loss to SMU wasn’t expected, but so wasn’t the defensive performance in that game, as Carolina allowed a season high 97 points on 60% shooting from the field, 53% shooting from behind the arc, making it the second-worst defensi

Bryant Bennett- Getty Images It’s no secret that the Tar Heels are in need of more help at the linebacker position and that remains true after the news that they received on Friday evening. As first reported by Chris Hummer and Matt Zenitz of 247Sports, Tar Heel linebacker Mikai Gbayor has entered the transfer portal. He will have one year remaining wherever he lands if he can get a waiver from the NCAA. Gbayor spent just one season with the Tar Heels after transferring from

Wesley Hitt- Getty Images After weeks of speculation that Bobby Petrino was going to be the Tar Heels next offensive coordinator, the football program made his hire official on Friday afternoon. Petrino comes to Chapel Hill from his second stint with the Arkansas Razorbacks where he started as the offensive coordinator before taking over as the interim head coach this season. Last year, as the offensive coordinator, the Razorbacks averaged 30.9 points, 459.5 yards of total of

@the_jacqawn_mcroy- Instagram The Tar Heels have been in need of more help along the offensive line and on Friday morning the team made another down there. As first reported by Andrew Jones of TarHeel247, the Tar Heels have landed a commitment from Arkansas transfer OL Shaq McRoy, who will reunite with new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino. He should have three years of eligibility remaining. McRoy, who measures in at 6’8, 344 lbs., spent this past season with Arkansas afte

Dan Squicciarni- NurPhoto After a quiet last 36 hours in the transfer portal for the Tar Heels, the team has picked up its latest portal commitment and it is one that fills a need that popped back up this season when they lost one of their commits to another school. As first reported by Inside Carolina, the Tar Heels have landed a commitment from Lehigh transfer wide receiver Mason Humphrey. He will have one year of eligibility remaining. Humphrey, who measures in at 6’4, 215